Not the microorganisms I want
Jan. 24th, 2007 05:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
urbpanI just poured almost an entire 12 pack of Bass Ale down the sink. I bought it for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
belen1974 as a thank you for dogsitting gift, which she suspiciously ignored. Perhaps she opened one up and tasted the mildewey flavor that I did when I opened one. In fact, all the bottles I opened smelled and tasted like a moldy newspaper. While I appreciate the work of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the microorganism that changes the sugars in the beer mixture into alcohol and carbon dioxide, some other little creature has clearly gotten involved. Does anyone know what microorganism can spoil beer in this way? Interestingly, the box that the bottles came in also smelled mildewy. There's no way that whatever spoiled the beer was the same thing that spoiled the box (the capped bottles are airtight) but it makes me wonder if the boxes were exposed to some event that encouraged the unwanted mold growth. Flooding? Heat? What could spoil capped beer?
Sorry about the bad beer, Alex! I bought some replacements, whenever you'd like to come drink them with me!
belen1974 as a thank you for dogsitting gift, which she suspiciously ignored. Perhaps she opened one up and tasted the mildewey flavor that I did when I opened one. In fact, all the bottles I opened smelled and tasted like a moldy newspaper. While I appreciate the work of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the microorganism that changes the sugars in the beer mixture into alcohol and carbon dioxide, some other little creature has clearly gotten involved. Does anyone know what microorganism can spoil beer in this way? Interestingly, the box that the bottles came in also smelled mildewy. There's no way that whatever spoiled the beer was the same thing that spoiled the box (the capped bottles are airtight) but it makes me wonder if the boxes were exposed to some event that encouraged the unwanted mold growth. Flooding? Heat? What could spoil capped beer?Sorry about the bad beer, Alex! I bought some replacements, whenever you'd like to come drink them with me!
